Local
1 year ago
Asheville re-starts Vance Monument removal despite lawsuit

A contractor is scheduled to begin work removing the base of the Vance Monument on Tuesday, despite a new lawsuit.

Local
1 year ago
Facing budget “headwinds,” Asheville might add priority positions

City Manager Debra D. Campbell plans to submit a proposed $249.6 million budget at Tuesday’s City Council meeting.

Local
1 year ago
Hotly-debated Asheville downtown district faces first vote Tuesday

A hotly-debated plan to create a downtown Business Improvement District faces its first Asheville City Council vote on Tuesday.

Arts & Culture
1 year ago
Community support pushes Sly Grog toward reopening

About 2 1/2 years since a devastating fire, the Sly Grog Lounge plans a grand reopening for May 17.

Business
1 year ago
Asheville Beer Week events include more than tasty brews

Asheville Beer Week runs May 16 to 26 with beer, food, music, demonstrations, panel discussions and more.

Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Police seek help investigating armed robbery on Amboy Road

Asheville police have asked for the public’s help investigating an armed robbery on Thursday night at a convenience store in the 200 block of Amboy Road.

Health & Wellness
1 year ago
AdventHealth celebrates judge’s decision on new 67-bed hospital

A North Carolina administrative judge has upheld the state’s decision to award AdventHealth the Certificate of Need to build a 67-bed hospital in Buncombe County.

Crime & Safety
1 year ago
Man arrested in assault at Aston Garden Apartments

Kaseem Carltrelle Simmons, 29, was arrested Thursday afternoon while leaving an apartment complex on Spruce Hill Court.

Business
1 year ago
Former classmates recall desegregation efforts in downtown Asheville

The F.W. Woolworth Co. Building is a locally significant landmark for its design as well as its importance as a site of local civil rights activism in the 1960s.

Education
1 year ago
After half a century, professor still at ‘promised land’ in Montreat

Fifty years since he arrived at Montreat College, Dr. Don Wayne King is still in the classroom as a prominent C.S. Lewis scholar.